Re: [OT] Iraq

Rick Smith wrote:
"LX-i" <lxi0007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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But the idea that the "government is the solution" in the first place is
what boggles my mind.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, ...
That to secure ... rights, governments are instituted among
men. deriving their just powers from the consent of the
governed, ..."

A "revolutionary" idea that probably boggled more than a
few minds, in its day!

Well, sure, take the sentence out of context... :) Compare expenditures per student with average test scores, and even a Democrat should be able to see that private education is a much better investment than public education.

What has the government done well?

Off-hand, prevention of anarchy comes to mind; but that
may be mostly from my experience. I do hear of riots,
occasionally, and of gangs and "bosses" that operate
outside the law; but, for the most part, anarchy seems
to be absent from the U.S.

Apart from law enforcement and defense, can you think of anything else?

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